- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- William Fowlkes interview
- Creator:
- Fowlkes, William, 1914-2008
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-14
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Race relations
Newspaper carriers--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Economic & social conditions--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Daily World (Firm)
Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Nashville
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
Associated Negro Press
Ebony Magazine
Jet Magazine - People:
- Fowlkes, William, 1914-2008
Scott, C. A. (Cornelius Adolphus), 1908-2000
Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961
Johnson, John
Scott, Alexis
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, 33.755509, -84.376596
United States, Georgia, Walton County, Monroe, 33.79484, -83.71323
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Tennessee, Obion County, Union City, 36.42423, -89.05701 - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, William Fowlkes discusses his experience with racial segregation and discrimination growing up in Tennessee. He describes his employment as managing editor and reporter at the Atlanta Daily World and several other black publications. Fowlkes was employed at the Atlanta Daily World during the teacher pay equalization struggle and the lynching of four African Americans in Monroe, Georgia. He ends the interview with his assessment of current race relations in Atlanta and by addressing the need for economic development in the black community.
William Fowlkes was born in Union City, Tennessee. He graduated from high school in Dyersburg, Tennessee and moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1930s after graduating from Tennessee State in Nashville, Tennessee. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.011.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/43
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/WVKxbj6iNWc
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 56:50 minutes
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
William Fowlkes interview
